Macro Minerals
Calcium: Improves bone mineral density and promotes fat breakdown
Deficiency: osteoporosis, weight gain
Chloride: Creates stomach acid, fights infections, maintain electrolyte balance
Deficiency: Lack of nutrient absorption, illness
Magnesium: improves bone mineral density, regulates blood pressure, maintains insulin sensitivity
Deficiency: Hypertension, insulin resistance, osteoporosis, atherosclerosis, heart disease
Phosphorus: Improves bone mineral density, glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
Deficiency: Osteoporosis, anorexia, rickets
Potassium: Regulates blood pressure, maintains insulin sensitivity, reduces atherosclerotic lesions
Deficiency: hypertension, atherosclerosis, insulin resistance
Sodium: Regulates blood pressure, electrolyte balance, transports iodine into thyroid, transports nutrients into cells
Deficiency: hypotension, insulin resistance, cramping, hypothyroidism
Sulfur: promotes antioxidant systems, cholesterol and vitamin D sulfate, manages inflammation, detoxification, methylation
Deficiency: low glutathione, low protein synthesis, weakened immune system, vascular damage, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia
Micro Minerals
Chromium: Enhances insulin action, improves glycemic control, supports lipid metabolism, lowers blood sugar, supports antioxidant defense
Deficiency: insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, diabetes
Cobalt: Proper function of Vitamin B12, nerve function and regeneration, Myelination and cognition
Deficiency: Neuropathy, anemia, muscle wasting, cognitive decline
Copper: Regulates iron status, improves lipid profile, maintains glycemic control, supports antioxidant defense, aids in energy production, collagen and soft tissue production, thyroid function, immune system function, reproductive system health, kidney health
Deficiency: Anemia, cardiovascular disease, atherosclerosis, vascular damage, hyperglycemia, hyperthyroidism, iron overload, collagen damage
Iodine: Maintains thyroid function, produces thyroid hormones, supports metabolic health, healthy mental development, immune system function, protects against lipid peroxidation
Deficiency: Hypothyroidism, hypogonadism, low energy, frailty, osteoporosis, goiter, hypercholesterolemia, obesity
Iron: Tissue oxygenation, regulated oxidative stress, nitrogen fixation, electron transfer
Deficiency: Anemia, fatigue, low energy, infection risk, physical deterioration
Manganese: Antioxidant defense, Immune health, glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, nitrogen metabolism, removes excess ammonia, bone mineral density
Deficiency: atherosclerosis, endothelial dysfunction, insulin resistance, diabetes, kidney damage, cirrhosis
Molybdenum: Nitrogen fixation, removes excess sulfites, metabolizes toxins and alcohol, metabolizes purines and sulfur
Deficiency: Neurological damage, poor physical development, toxin accumulation
Selenium: Supports thyroid function, produces thyroid hormones, immune system health, protects against oxidative stress, prevents lipid peroxidation, detoxifies heavy metals
Deficiency: hypothyroidism, weakened immune system, atherosclerosis, oncogenesis, low glutathione, hyperlipidemia
Zinc: Immune system function, antioxidant defense, calcification of bones, wound healing, produces thyroid hormones, insulin production, glucose metabolism, brian development and plasticity, sex hormone production, melatonin and serotonin production, glutathione synthesis, DNA damage repair
Deficiency: hypothyroidism, hypogonadism, hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, osteoporosis, mental impairment, weak immune system
Boron: Brain function, tumor suppression, antioxidant defense, improves vitamin D status, increased testosterone/ estrogen, elastase collagen activity, Anti-osteoarthritic effects
Deficiency: Vitamin D deficiency, osteoarthritis, hypogonadism, inflammation, impaired brain function
Lithium: Neurotransmitter balance, brain function, similar to insulin, improves glucose metabolism
Deficiency: Depression, increased suicide rate, mentail impairment, aggression
Nickel: Regulated glucose metabolism, regulates homocysteine metabolism, supports reproduction and growth
Deficiency: Hyperglycemia, hyperhomocysteinemia, impaired growth, infertility
Silicon: Supports connective tissue, blood vessels, and arteries, reduces plaque formation, protects against atherosclerosis
Deficiency: atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis, plaque formation, hypertension
Vanadium: Mimics the effects of insulin, improves glucose metabolism, supports metabolic health
Deficiency: hypothyroidism, depression, fertility and growth issues, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance